Jeff Celentano talks The Hill.
Summary The Hill is based on the true story of Rickey Hill. As a young boy growing up in Texas, Rickey Hill has a degenerative spinal disease and must wear leg braces, but he falls in love with baseball. Although his strict pastor father is against Rickey playing, afraid of further injury, he isn't dissuaded. Years later, Rickey grows into an impressive ballplayer who dreams of playing in the majors. When he wants to try out for a major league scout, the family becomes divided.
I met Rickey on the phone. Immediately, we had a connection. He sent me the script that night, I read it, and it just ripped my heart out. I was just glued to it from the moment I read the script. I was obsessed with telling the story and that's how it happened. To find a little boy who wore leg braces, like Forrest Gump, was crippled and went through an unbelievable excruciatingly painful childhood. The fact that he was so poor that he didn't have shoes for months.
Jeff Celentano: I wake up every day, and I've done this my whole life. Do I have bad days? Do I have days where I'm down? Very seldom, but I do. I've been humbled in my life. I had a part of my life where I had no money. My family was all passed away. I had asked all my friends for money. And after you ask your friends for money when you have nothing left, and they all say, "Jeff, it's been a couple years now or a year and we've given you everything we can give you.
Jeff Celentano: I like your pun intended. I like that knocked it out of the park. What do you say about Jesse?
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